27 December The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Thought for the day
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.
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Published on this day
- 1894 Æpyornis Island by H. G. Wells
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- Mina Loy: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Aidan Chambers: Niccolò Caranti, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Bernadette Strachan: Misterrandaculous, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Charles Lamb: After Henry Hoppner Meyer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ada Buisson: Unknown photographer c1866, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Fanny Cradock: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized